How to draw a cat

Step 1: Draw a small circle for the cat’s head. Then add a larger circle below it and a larger one still below that for the cat’s body.

Step 2: Join the circles together with a smooth, curving line for the cat’s neck and back on the right-hand side and another on the left for its neck.

Step 3: Erase the overlapping lines inside the cat’s body. To draw the first front leg, add an oval overlapping the cat’s body and another smaller oval below that. Draw a smooth line around the ovals for the outline of the leg.

Step 4: Erase the overlapping lines in the cat’s leg and the line on its chest. Add the cat’s other front leg by drawing a line from the cat’s chest around the first leg. Now draw an oval overlapping the cat’s front leg and bottom for the back paw.

Step 5: Add the cat’s face and ears, copying the shapes shown here as closely as possible. Erase any unnecessary lines so you are left with a complete cat shape.

Step 6: Draw long smooth lines coming from the nose for the cat’s whiskers. Add a curving tail and erase a small section of the outline where it joins the body. Add some wiggly fur lines on the chest and ears.